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November 26, 2024

At Least the 3 Pregnant Texas Women Died After Being Denied Proper Care Since Abortion Ban
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Back in the United States, Pro Publica has reported on another pregnant
woman in Texas who died after she was denied appropriate treatment.
Health providers say it's clear 35-year-old Porsha Ngumezi needed
emergency dilation and curettage, or D&C, after she started bleeding
heavily at 11 weeks pregnant, but was instead given the pill
misoprostol. While many doctors in states with abortion bans have
started avoiding D&C - a common and lifesaving procedure - the Houston
Methodist Hospital also abides by its own religion-based ethics
guidelines that restricted abortion procedures even before Roe v. Wade
was overturned. It's the fifth case Pro Publica has reported in which
pregnant women died after being refused the most effective emergency
care following state abortion bans. Three of those cases were in Texas.
Porsha Ngumezi leaves behind her husband and two young sons.


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